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European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)

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The MTG I1 satellite for Eumetsat is due to launch on an Ariane 5 in 2022.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative GeneralJun 28, 2022Ovzon needs to piggyback another Ariane 5 ride for late 2022 launch

EUMETSAT planned to launch the first Metop-SG weather satellite (Metop-SG A-1) with Soyuz ST-B from French Guiana in 2024 and had two additional Metop satellites penciled for 2025 and 2031 using a combination of Soyuz and Ariane 6.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipMar 10, 2022Soyuz embargo strands satellites with limited launch options

Hayley Evers-King is a Marine Applications Expert at EUMETSAT in Germany.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative GeneralFeb 24, 2022Geospatial World reveals its list of 50 Rising Stars for year 2022

GMV has been awarded a contract by EUMETSAT for the provision of Operational Optical Data Services to support flight dynamics operations of the Meteosat (MSG and MTG) satellite fleet in geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipFeb 11, 2022EUMETSAT awards GMV a contract to provide Operational Optical Data Services

GMV was awarded a contract by EUMETSAT to provide Operational Optical Data Services to support flight dynamics operations of the Meteosat (MSG and MTG) satellite fleet in geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipFeb 8, 2022EUMETSAT Awards GMV Operational Optical Data Services For Meteosat Satellites

GMV provides ground segment software infrastructure to EUMETSAT, including flight dynamics systems for the Metop, Metop-SG, Sentinel-3, Sentinel-6, and MTG satellites.

Mentioned as: EUMETSATOrg RelationshipFeb 8, 2022EUMETSAT Awards GMV Operational Optical Data Services For Meteosat Satellites

EUMETSAT signed the Copernicus 2.0 agreement with the European Union.

Mentioned as: eumetsatOrg RelationshipDec 6, 2021EUMETSAT Council’s ‘Green Light’ For Weather + Climate Data Improvement

EUMETSAT will sign a €9.5 million contract with CloudFerro to procure cloud services for its data access platforms and the European Weather Cloud.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipDec 6, 2021EUMETSAT Council’s ‘Green Light’ For Weather + Climate Data Improvement

The EUMETSAT Council approved a four-party arrangement between EUMETSAT, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Mercator Ocean International, and the European Environment Agency to cooperate on the WEkEO platform from 2022 to 2028.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative GeneralDec 6, 2021EUMETSAT Council’s ‘Green Light’ For Weather + Climate Data Improvement

EUMETSAT’s governing council approved a four-party arrangement between EUMETSAT, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Mercator Ocean International, and the European Environment Agency to cooperate on the WEkEO platform from 2022 to 2028.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative GeneralDec 2, 2021EUMETSAT’s Council Goes With Improving Weather And Climate Data

EUMETSAT signed the Copernicus 2.0 agreement with the European Union.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative GeneralDec 2, 2021EUMETSAT’s Council Goes With Improving Weather And Climate Data

EUMETSAT will sign a €9.5 million contract with CloudFerro to procure cloud services for EUMETSAT’s data access platforms and the European Weather Cloud.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipDec 2, 2021EUMETSAT’s Council Goes With Improving Weather And Climate Data

Metop-A was the first satellite subject to an agreement between the United States and Europe that placed NOAA-provided instruments on a European satellite operated by EUMETSAT.

Mentioned as: EUMETSATOrg RelationshipNov 30, 2021Europe’s First Polar-Orbiting Weather Satellite Successfully Deorbited

EUMETSAT agreed to spend as much as $11,000,000 to purchase radio occultation data collected by Spire Global.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipAug 9, 2021Europe’s meteorological satellite agency makes first commercial data acquisitions

EUMETSAT will run a pilot program starting 2021-08-05 to buy weather forecasting data from Luxembourg-based Spire Global.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipAug 9, 2021Europe’s meteorological satellite agency makes first commercial data acquisitions

EUMETSAT agreed to spend up to nine million euros over three years to buy radio occultation data from Spire Global.

Mentioned as: EUMETSATOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2021Europe’s meteorological satellite agency makes first commercial data acquisition

EUMETSAT launched a pilot on 2021-08-05 to buy weather forecasting data from Luxembourg-based Spire Global.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipAug 6, 2021Europe’s meteorological satellite agency makes first commercial data acquisition

Spire Global, Inc. was awarded a contract to provide radio occultation satellite data to EUMETSAT.

Mentioned as: eumetsatTechnical ProductAug 5, 2021Spire Global Chosen to Provide Radio Occultation Satellite Data to The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

The European Commission signed the Copernicus.2 contract with EUMETSAT for €735 million over seven years.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipJul 26, 2021Eumetsat signs $866 million Sentinel contract with European Commission

WEkEO is a joint service involving EUMETSAT, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Mercator Ocean International, and the European Environment Agency.

Mentioned as: EUMETSATTechnical ProductJul 25, 2021EUMETSAT Becomes The Largest Operator Of Sentinel Missions
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